This was the culmination of a very nice weekend trip to Maine. I started from the Katahdin Stream campground, using the Hunt Trail as my ascent route. I started early which afforded me the chance to hike alone. I thought about what it was like for Thoreau to climb the mountain 150 years ago. I caught a few views from the summit plateau before the clouds rolled in. While I was on the summit, a father-daughter team reached the top, concluding their long trek of the entire Appalachian Trail, something I look forward to doing for myself someday.

"After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world."
--Oscar Wilde on Absinthe